Month: July 2024

Reality has hit the French government and elites in the face. French voters, furious at those who have run the country for so many years, sent them a clear message: “Le Pen’s party is the only party we haven’t tried yet; We’ll try it this time!” And to make sure the message was heard, voter turnout was massive compared to […]

On June 27, the European Council formally approved the candidates for the three top jobs in the EU who had been proposed by the “Ursula majority” faction, referring to Ursula von der Leyen. Italy voted against Kaja Kallas, who was approved as High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and Antonio Costa as President of the Council, and abstained […]

Finally, after five years spent mostly in solitary confinement in Belmarsh Prison near London, which was preceded by seven years holed up in asylum in the Ecuadorian embassy in the British capital, Julian Assange was freed on June 26. The next day, he was reunited with his family in Australia, freed at last from a Kafkaesque ordeal. The last five […]

Philippe Lazzarini, the head of UNRWA, again presented a catastrophic overview of the situation in the Gaza Strip, particularly as it affects children. An “entire generation” could be lost due to hunger and poverty, he warned last week in Geneva. Gaza is a “living hell” for 2 million people, with children dying from malnutrition and dehydration, “while food and clean […]

Demands by the International Monetary Fund that Kenya implement an internal looting policy in order to pay off its foreign debt has sparked a massive nationwide anti IMF and anti government movement, primarily led by young people calling themselves Generation X. The protests began after the government of President William Ruto introduced on May 9 the Finance Bill 2024, which […]